Serra Ventures

Serra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Champaign, Illinois, founded in 1998. The firm focuses on investing in technology companies primarily located in emerging Midwest technology centers, as well as selected areas on the West Coast. Serra Ventures targets investments in various sectors, including information technology, deep technology, instrumentation, software as a service, devices, and agricultural technologies. By concentrating on these areas, Serra Ventures aims to support the growth of innovative companies that contribute to the technological landscape in the Midwest and beyond.

Dennis E. Beard

Managing Partner

Drew Beard

Associate

Stephen Beck

Managing Partner

Tim Hoerr

Founder, CEO and Managing Partner

Rob Schultz

Managing Partner

218 past transactions

Network Perception

Series A in 2022
Network Perception is providing a pioneering network device configuration analysis software to visualize and manage their network. The company delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to gain a complete view of their network security and to immediately determine if its configuration is in alignment with best practices and regulatory standards Network Perception was launched in 2014 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Park.

Kwant

Seed Round in 2022
Kwant.ai brings profitability and predictability to construction projects like automotive manufacturing.

FoodMaven

Seed Round in 2022
FoodMaven Corporation operates a digital marketplace focused on the distribution of dated and perishable grocery items. Founded in 2015 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the company sources local, oversupplied, and imperfect food from various suppliers, including distributors, manufacturers, and producers. FoodMaven caters primarily to restaurants and institutional kitchens, offering these products at significantly reduced prices. Committed to sustainability, the company adopts a zero-waste philosophy by donating unsold food to food banks, using it for animal feed, or composting, thereby addressing both hunger and environmental concerns. Through its advanced technology platform, FoodMaven enhances procurement processes for food service operators, enabling them to make informed purchasing decisions while optimizing inventory management.

Daasity

Series A in 2022
We are a Data as a Service company specializing in helping e-commerce companies become data-driven by addressing their data integration, data management, data visualization and data analytics needs

VeriSIM Life

Series A in 2022
VeriSIM Life, Inc. develops disease-specific biosimulation models that allow researchers at pharmaceutical companies to model in software how a drug will interact in animals. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Kronnika

Seed Round in 2021
Kronnika specializes in developing advanced robotic software aimed at enhancing business efficiency through robotic process automation. The company focuses on creating high-performing robotic libraries and scalable robotic farms that help organizations streamline their operations, reduce costs, and improve speed and accuracy. Kronnika's solutions include automation for various tasks such as email processing, web automation, Excel processing, API integration, and desktop automation. By implementing these systems, Kronnika enables businesses to effectively manage their daily activities while also helping them build a corporate memory through its robotic process libraries.

Provision

Series A in 2021
Provision Analytics Inc., founded in 2018 and headquartered in Calgary, Canada, provides a cloud-based solution designed to enhance food safety by tracing and tracking food products throughout the supply chain. The company's software automates food safety processes for food processors and manufacturers, significantly minimizing the time required for data input and recall procedures. By linking detailed process data with production results, Provision Analytics generates analytics that help reduce food loss and improve product quality.

Vytelle

Series A in 2021
Vytelle is a company with a deeper purpose and revolutionary technology that helps to advance bovine, deer and buffalo genetics faster by redefining reproduction.

Leo Cancer Care

Series B in 2021
Developer of a cancer treatment system designed to simplify cancer radiation therapy. The company's system is integrated with a radiotherapy machine specializing in 3D image capturing, controlling radiation beams, and automatically delivering the right amount of energy to the right tissue, enabling patients to access and connect with a centralized cancer care center for cancer radiation therapies and reduce the pain and cost of chemo and radiation therapy.

Reconstruct

Series B in 2021
Reconstruct, Inc. is a software company that specializes in predictive computer vision data analytics for construction projects. Founded in 2015 and based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Champaign, Illinois, the company offers a visual production management platform that integrates data from drones, fixed cameras, and mobile devices. This platform facilitates progress analysis and documentation by visualizing images and 3D points aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM). It serves as a virtual command center for project executives, enabling them to manage construction progress, identify potential delays, and enhance coordination among various stakeholders, including general contractors and owners. By providing near real-time insights and reporting on performance issues, Reconstruct helps project teams improve planning, communication, and transparency, ultimately aiming to enhance return on investment and reduce costs in construction projects.

Swarm Engineering

Seed Round in 2021
SWARM enables devices to intelligently collaborate, optimizing processes automatically. It was founded in 2016 and is based in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Daasity

Seed Round in 2021
We are a Data as a Service company specializing in helping e-commerce companies become data-driven by addressing their data integration, data management, data visualization and data analytics needs

Network Perception

Seed Round in 2020
Network Perception is providing a pioneering network device configuration analysis software to visualize and manage their network. The company delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to gain a complete view of their network security and to immediately determine if its configuration is in alignment with best practices and regulatory standards Network Perception was launched in 2014 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Park.

GoSite

Series B in 2020
GoSite, Inc. is a digital platform designed to support small businesses, particularly those providing local services in the U.S. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company offers an all-in-one, cloud-based solution that facilitates the transition from offline to online business operations. Its platform includes tools for website creation, marketing, business management, and financial management, enabling users to build mobile-ready websites with features such as built-in SEO and statistics tracking. GoSite also provides services like domain registration, professional web design, and online promotion through social media and email. By offering a comprehensive suite of tools, GoSite helps small business owners connect with customers more effectively and manage their operations efficiently.

Cardea

Series A in 2020
Cardea Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Diego, California, specializing in bioelectronics and graphene-based digital biosensor technology. Founded in 2013, the company develops products that facilitate precision healthcare by enhancing the ease, speed, and cost-effectiveness of diagnostics. Its key offerings include AGILE R100, an innovative assay for small molecule drug discovery, and AGILE R200, an automated high-throughput screening solution. Cardea's biosensors utilize biocompatible graphene to transform biological signals into digital data, enabling real-time analysis of biomolecules. This technology supports applications in small molecule validation, antibody characterization, and biomolecular analysis, serving the life sciences and healthcare sectors. The company also sells its products online, contributing to advancements in research and diagnostics.

GoSite

Series A in 2020
GoSite, Inc. is a digital platform designed to support small businesses, particularly those providing local services in the U.S. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company offers an all-in-one, cloud-based solution that facilitates the transition from offline to online business operations. Its platform includes tools for website creation, marketing, business management, and financial management, enabling users to build mobile-ready websites with features such as built-in SEO and statistics tracking. GoSite also provides services like domain registration, professional web design, and online promotion through social media and email. By offering a comprehensive suite of tools, GoSite helps small business owners connect with customers more effectively and manage their operations efficiently.

TimeDoc Health

Series A in 2020
TimeDoc Health, based in Chicago, develops digital care management solutions aimed at healthcare organizations. Its primary offering, the TimeDoc CCM Platform, is a virtual care management tool that assists providers in managing chronic care populations. The platform allows healthcare facilities to document and track time spent on chronic care management services, manage workflows, maintain an audit trail, and identify eligible patients for chronic care management. Additionally, TimeDoc Health offers chronic care management services and provides care managers to healthcare organizations to enhance their staffing capabilities. The company was incorporated in 2015 and also has an office in New York.

TrackBill

Seed Round in 2020
TrackBill provides government affairs professionals with efficient mobile access to state and federal legislative information. It serves a diverse clientele, including professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups, enabling them to monitor bills relevant to their interests and track legislative activities. Users benefit from real-time alerts on key actions such as introductions, amendments, hearings, and votes. Additionally, TrackBill simplifies legislative reporting by allowing users to generate professional documents in Word, PDF, and Excel formats, as well as customizable, auto-updating website feeds. This functionality ensures that stakeholders remain informed about important legislative developments.

PayStand

Series B in 2020
PayStand, Inc. is a technology company based in Scotts Valley, California, founded in 2013. It operates an electronic payment portal that facilitates online payments for businesses, allowing them to establish storefronts on their websites and social media platforms. The company focuses on transforming B2B payments through its innovative "Payments as a Service" model, leveraging modern internet, blockchain, and SaaS technologies. This approach aims to eliminate transaction fees and automate payment processes, significantly reducing time-to-cash and lowering costs. PayStand's platform enables enterprises, including manufacturers, distributors, and service providers, to integrate digital payments into their existing systems, such as websites, invoices, and mobile applications, thereby improving operational efficiency and enhancing revenue opportunities.

TimeDoc Health

Convertible Note in 2020
TimeDoc Health, based in Chicago, develops digital care management solutions aimed at healthcare organizations. Its primary offering, the TimeDoc CCM Platform, is a virtual care management tool that assists providers in managing chronic care populations. The platform allows healthcare facilities to document and track time spent on chronic care management services, manage workflows, maintain an audit trail, and identify eligible patients for chronic care management. Additionally, TimeDoc Health offers chronic care management services and provides care managers to healthcare organizations to enhance their staffing capabilities. The company was incorporated in 2015 and also has an office in New York.

Evisort

Series A in 2019
Evisort Inc. is an AI-powered contract management company founded in 2016 by researchers from Harvard Law and MIT. The company has developed a sophisticated application that automates the analysis and management of contracts, allowing users to seamlessly upload, access, search, and track key provisions within their documents. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence, Evisort enables organizations to extract and classify data from contracts, identify risks, and monitor compliance effectively. Its platform serves various professionals, including attorneys, procurement officers, and finance managers, by transforming complex legal language into searchable information. This capability helps organizations streamline operations, reduce costs, and make informed strategic decisions throughout the contract lifecycle. Evisort is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has garnered support from prominent early-stage venture funds.

Conservation Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Conservation Labs, Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, specializes in smart water management technology aimed at reducing water consumption and detecting leaks. The company offers a non-invasive water monitor that can be easily attached to existing water pipes. This device integrates with an application to provide real-time data on water usage, potential leaks, and appliance performance. By offering insights into water consumption, Conservation Labs enables property owners to identify opportunities for conservation, ultimately helping them save money and better manage this vital resource. The company addresses the significant issue of excessive water use in the U.S., which amounts to over 3 trillion gallons annually, costing billions in waste.

Daasity

Seed Round in 2019
We are a Data as a Service company specializing in helping e-commerce companies become data-driven by addressing their data integration, data management, data visualization and data analytics needs

Daasity

Seed Round in 2019
We are a Data as a Service company specializing in helping e-commerce companies become data-driven by addressing their data integration, data management, data visualization and data analytics needs

Snooz

Seed Round in 2019
Snooz, Inc. is a consumer electronics company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that specializes in developing innovative white noise machines aimed at enhancing sleep quality. Founded in 2015, the company has created an ultra-portable sound conditioner that utilizes a proprietary fan to generate live, natural white noise, ensuring an undisturbed sleeping environment. The device can be controlled via a mobile application, allowing users to adjust settings easily. By focusing on alleviating insomnia and improving overall sleep duration, Snooz caters to customers primarily through online sales, positioning itself as a leader in the sleep technology market.

Ryvit

Seed Round in 2019
Ryvit develops an integration software that delivers seamless flow of data between premise and software used in the construction industry. The software integrates software application to enterprise resource product, customer relationship management, e-commerce, social apps, and specialty industry-specific system without exhausting development resources, empowering companies to experience the ease of intelligent integrations, driving profit through automation and optimization of the applications in use. Ryvit is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

WhiteFox

Series A in 2019
WhiteFox Defense Technologies, founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California, specializes in counter-drone airspace defense and security solutions. The company develops a range of products designed to manage drone threats in sensitive airspace, including the DroneFox software, which automates detection, threat identification, and mitigation of drones. Additionally, WhiteFox offers the Scorpion system for mobile units, which detects and neutralizes drone threats, and WISDM, a technology that ensures trust and authentication of drones in air traffic management systems. The company serves various sectors, including critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, public safety, and defense, providing comprehensive solutions to maintain safety in airspace while supporting responsible drone operations.

Blooma

Seed Round in 2019
Blooma is a San Diego-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions for the lending industry. The firm offers a loan origination platform designed to streamline the loan processing workflow through data-driven intelligent asset scoring and insights into the deal pipeline. By utilizing AI automation and configurable workflows, Blooma enables lenders to enhance their decision-making capabilities while effectively managing risk. The platform aims to simplify and expedite the loan approval process, making it a cost-effective solution for financial institutions seeking to improve efficiency and scalability in their operations.

VeriSIM Life

Seed Round in 2019
VeriSIM Life, Inc. develops disease-specific biosimulation models that allow researchers at pharmaceutical companies to model in software how a drug will interact in animals. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Hazel Technologies

Series B in 2019
Hazel Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures packaging inserts to reduce the spoilage of fruits and vegetables. It offers packaging inserts called sachets that are placed in boxes of the produce by growers at the time of harvest, extending the shelf-life of produce by slowing aging in produce and preventing fungus or decay. The company also provides agricultural and horticultural consulting services. Hazel Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional location in Salinas, California.

TimeDoc Health

Seed Round in 2019
TimeDoc Health, based in Chicago, develops digital care management solutions aimed at healthcare organizations. Its primary offering, the TimeDoc CCM Platform, is a virtual care management tool that assists providers in managing chronic care populations. The platform allows healthcare facilities to document and track time spent on chronic care management services, manage workflows, maintain an audit trail, and identify eligible patients for chronic care management. Additionally, TimeDoc Health offers chronic care management services and provides care managers to healthcare organizations to enhance their staffing capabilities. The company was incorporated in 2015 and also has an office in New York.

Opendorse

Series B in 2019
Opendorse is a company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline the endorsement process for athletes and brands. Founded in 2012 by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun, and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Opendorse's platform enables athletes to receive and share curated content, such as videos, photos, and GIFs, across their social media channels. The service is aimed at enhancing athlete marketing by connecting athletes with brands and fans, allowing for effective social media campaigns. By analyzing campaign goals and target markets, Opendorse facilitates the endorsement process, providing a streamlined approach for brands to engage with athletes and their audiences.

Cardea

Series A in 2019
Cardea Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Diego, California, specializing in bioelectronics and graphene-based digital biosensor technology. Founded in 2013, the company develops products that facilitate precision healthcare by enhancing the ease, speed, and cost-effectiveness of diagnostics. Its key offerings include AGILE R100, an innovative assay for small molecule drug discovery, and AGILE R200, an automated high-throughput screening solution. Cardea's biosensors utilize biocompatible graphene to transform biological signals into digital data, enabling real-time analysis of biomolecules. This technology supports applications in small molecule validation, antibody characterization, and biomolecular analysis, serving the life sciences and healthcare sectors. The company also sells its products online, contributing to advancements in research and diagnostics.

TrackBill

Seed Round in 2019
TrackBill provides government affairs professionals with efficient mobile access to state and federal legislative information. It serves a diverse clientele, including professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups, enabling them to monitor bills relevant to their interests and track legislative activities. Users benefit from real-time alerts on key actions such as introductions, amendments, hearings, and votes. Additionally, TrackBill simplifies legislative reporting by allowing users to generate professional documents in Word, PDF, and Excel formats, as well as customizable, auto-updating website feeds. This functionality ensures that stakeholders remain informed about important legislative developments.

Tank Utility

Venture Round in 2019
With over $150 billion spent on delivered fuels (i.e. Propane, Heating Oil, Diesel, etc.) every year, fuel distribution companies struggle to efficiently plan deliveries with more than 50% of all delivery miles (or about 1/6th of total market spend) being unnecessary. Tank Utility uses real-time tank level measurements from IoT monitors and innovative business intelligence software to eliminate wasted delivery miles while helping fuel providers provide a better customer experience through greater transparency..

Evisort

Seed Round in 2019
Evisort Inc. is an AI-powered contract management company founded in 2016 by researchers from Harvard Law and MIT. The company has developed a sophisticated application that automates the analysis and management of contracts, allowing users to seamlessly upload, access, search, and track key provisions within their documents. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence, Evisort enables organizations to extract and classify data from contracts, identify risks, and monitor compliance effectively. Its platform serves various professionals, including attorneys, procurement officers, and finance managers, by transforming complex legal language into searchable information. This capability helps organizations streamline operations, reduce costs, and make informed strategic decisions throughout the contract lifecycle. Evisort is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has garnered support from prominent early-stage venture funds.

CamoAg

Series A in 2019
CamoAg operates a platform designed to connect landowners with farmers in the farmland rental market, which accounts for a significant portion of US agricultural land. Founded in 2017 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company aims to address inefficiencies in this $32 billion annual market, where 40% of farmland is rented. By introducing data transparency, CamoAg enhances price discovery and access to land for farmers while optimizing returns for landowners. The platform offers a comprehensive solution for information management, facilitating smoother transactions and improving market dynamics for all stakeholders involved.

Home Bay

Series A in 2019
HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.

WhiteFox

Seed Round in 2018
WhiteFox Defense Technologies, founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California, specializes in counter-drone airspace defense and security solutions. The company develops a range of products designed to manage drone threats in sensitive airspace, including the DroneFox software, which automates detection, threat identification, and mitigation of drones. Additionally, WhiteFox offers the Scorpion system for mobile units, which detects and neutralizes drone threats, and WISDM, a technology that ensures trust and authentication of drones in air traffic management systems. The company serves various sectors, including critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, public safety, and defense, providing comprehensive solutions to maintain safety in airspace while supporting responsible drone operations.

Myagi

Venture Round in 2018
Myagi Pty. Ltd., operating as Myagi, is an online training platform based in Abbotsford, Australia, established in 2013. The platform provides tools for users to create training courses utilizing their existing digital assets and enables training delivery across smartphones, tablets, and computers with internet access. Myagi connects retailers, suppliers, and brands with retail sales associates, facilitating the development of customer loyalty and enhancing sales performance. Additionally, it allows brands, retailers, suppliers, and training experts to collaborate by sharing and receiving training content, thereby improving knowledge transfer within the supply chain and contributing to exceptional customer experiences.

GoSite

Seed Round in 2018
GoSite, Inc. is a digital platform designed to support small businesses, particularly those providing local services in the U.S. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company offers an all-in-one, cloud-based solution that facilitates the transition from offline to online business operations. Its platform includes tools for website creation, marketing, business management, and financial management, enabling users to build mobile-ready websites with features such as built-in SEO and statistics tracking. GoSite also provides services like domain registration, professional web design, and online promotion through social media and email. By offering a comprehensive suite of tools, GoSite helps small business owners connect with customers more effectively and manage their operations efficiently.

HerdDogg

Seed Round in 2018
HerdDogg, Inc. specializes in real-time livestock monitoring systems that assist producers in tracking their herds. The company offers a mobile app and software platform that provides insights into breeding, animal health, and traceability for individual animals. This system utilizes DoggTag ear tags, which are attached to the animals, and DoggBone, a passive device that collects data on the activity, health, and location of the herd. HerdDogg's technology is applicable across various livestock industries, including beef, bison, dairy, and sheep. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ashland, Oregon, the company aims to enhance herd health management through data science and innovative monitoring solutions.

Built In

Series B in 2018
Built In, Inc. operates a network of online communities that serve as recruitment solutions for technology companies and startups across seven major markets, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Colorado, Austin, New York City, Boston, and Seattle. Founded in 2011, the company focuses on connecting tech professionals with employers in various industries, such as artificial intelligence, data science, blockchain, cloud computing, cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare technology, the Internet of Things, and robotics. Built In provides tools for employer branding, recruitment, community events, and brand insights, allowing companies to effectively share their narratives and engage with a shared community of tech enthusiasts. The company, originally known as Community Ventures LLC, changed its name in May 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago.
Medical Engineering Innovations (MEI) is focused on bringing new technologies to market that combat liver cancer with more effective tools for liver surgery and localized cancer treatment by heat (tumor ablation). Their technologies combine a unique algorithm to control the application of radiofrequency energy to tissue, with enhanced blade electrode geometries to optimize tissue heating.

Hazel Technologies

Series A in 2018
Hazel Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures packaging inserts to reduce the spoilage of fruits and vegetables. It offers packaging inserts called sachets that are placed in boxes of the produce by growers at the time of harvest, extending the shelf-life of produce by slowing aging in produce and preventing fungus or decay. The company also provides agricultural and horticultural consulting services. Hazel Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional location in Salinas, California.

Helia Care

Convertible Note in 2018
Helia Care, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializes in developing paperless invoicing and requisition management software tailored for healthcare facilities and implant manufacturers. Its innovative cloud-based platform, Helia Connect™, is a comprehensive and HIPAA-compliant solution that facilitates collaboration between hospitals and suppliers. This platform aims to streamline the procurement process associated with orthopedic, spine, cardiovascular, and other implant surgeries, addressing the inefficiencies and high costs typically involved. By automating data collection from mobile devices and enhancing accountability, Helia Connect™ helps healthcare facilities improve their practices, achieve significant cost savings, and optimize operational efficiencies throughout the surgical process.

Artio Medical

Series A in 2018
Artio Medical develops endovascular medical devices for the embolization of vessels, aneurysms, and other vascular structures. The company's first products enable precise and immediate occlusion and rapid sealing of cerebral aneurysms and other target vessel segments using an over-the-wire microcatheter platform. These products enable physicians to perform better, faster, and safer vascular occlusion procedures. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Inprentus

Series A in 2018
Inprentus, Inc. is a nanotechnology company based in Champaign, Illinois, specializing in the design and manufacture of ultra-high precision diffraction gratings. These gratings are essential components for synchrotron radiation facilities, where they are utilized in X-ray and extreme ultraviolet applications across various fields, including structural biology, environmental science, and materials research. Inprentus has developed a novel manufacturing method for mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings, which enhances resolving power and allows for blaze angles lower than 1 degree. The company's products support a range of applications, from chemical analysis and imaging to semiconductor manufacturing and optical data communication. Founded in 2012, Inprentus aims to advance capabilities in precision optics technologies for research institutions and industrial sectors.

TrackBill

Seed Round in 2017
TrackBill provides government affairs professionals with efficient mobile access to state and federal legislative information. It serves a diverse clientele, including professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups, enabling them to monitor bills relevant to their interests and track legislative activities. Users benefit from real-time alerts on key actions such as introductions, amendments, hearings, and votes. Additionally, TrackBill simplifies legislative reporting by allowing users to generate professional documents in Word, PDF, and Excel formats, as well as customizable, auto-updating website feeds. This functionality ensures that stakeholders remain informed about important legislative developments.

ConsortiEX

Venture Round in 2017
ConsortiEX Inc. is a health care technology company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, established in 2013. It specializes in providing information technology systems and services tailored for pharmacies, specifically to assist hospitals in managing the ordering, distribution, and tracking of pharmaceuticals. The company's flagship product, Assure-Trak, is an enterprise resource planning system that facilitates the collection, integration, management, and sharing of pharmacy information, particularly for the compounding of sterile products. In addition to this, ConsortiEX offers a range of services, including pedigree management, IV workflow management, inventory and logistics management, and quality management reporting. The company also provides compliance solutions for the Drug Supply Chain Security Act and e-commerce order management services, supporting the needs of member institutions and their affiliates in the health care sector.

Virtual Auditor

Venture Round in 2017
Virtual Auditor specializes in providing automated security audit and compliance services aimed at enhancing security and meeting regulatory requirements. Their flagship offering, the Virtual Security Officer Server (VSOS), is a fully managed information security solution that allows organizations to collect, store, and analyze network security events. This system helps clients assess their compliance with various regulatory mandates and industry standards by correlating event impacts and presenting the data in clear, comprehensive reports. Additionally, Virtual Auditor offers services such as risk assessments, application audits, IT management, and vulnerability testing, particularly catering to industries like healthcare and banking. These services contribute to the development of robust information security programs, enabling organizations to effectively manage cyber risks and implement IT compliance requirements.

Markit Medical

Seed Round in 2017
Markit Medical, Inc. operates an online platform designed to assist patients in comparing healthcare options based on convenience, price, and qualifications. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the platform enhances shared decision-making and patient engagement at the point of care. It provides physicians with scheduling support and tailored referral solutions, leveraging real-time network and contract data. Additionally, the platform offers insurers a means to deliver price transparency information, empowering patients to make informed financial decisions regarding their healthcare. By facilitating the scheduling of appointments and providing out-of-pocket expense information, Markit Medical aims to simplify the healthcare navigation process for both patients and providers, ultimately enhancing patient satisfaction and reducing costs.

PayStand

Series A in 2017
PayStand, Inc. is a technology company based in Scotts Valley, California, founded in 2013. It operates an electronic payment portal that facilitates online payments for businesses, allowing them to establish storefronts on their websites and social media platforms. The company focuses on transforming B2B payments through its innovative "Payments as a Service" model, leveraging modern internet, blockchain, and SaaS technologies. This approach aims to eliminate transaction fees and automate payment processes, significantly reducing time-to-cash and lowering costs. PayStand's platform enables enterprises, including manufacturers, distributors, and service providers, to integrate digital payments into their existing systems, such as websites, invoices, and mobile applications, thereby improving operational efficiency and enhancing revenue opportunities.

Artio Medical

Venture Round in 2017
Artio Medical develops endovascular medical devices for the embolization of vessels, aneurysms, and other vascular structures. The company's first products enable precise and immediate occlusion and rapid sealing of cerebral aneurysms and other target vessel segments using an over-the-wire microcatheter platform. These products enable physicians to perform better, faster, and safer vascular occlusion procedures. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Home Bay

Venture Round in 2017
HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.

Opendorse

Series A in 2017
Opendorse is a company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline the endorsement process for athletes and brands. Founded in 2012 by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun, and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Opendorse's platform enables athletes to receive and share curated content, such as videos, photos, and GIFs, across their social media channels. The service is aimed at enhancing athlete marketing by connecting athletes with brands and fans, allowing for effective social media campaigns. By analyzing campaign goals and target markets, Opendorse facilitates the endorsement process, providing a streamlined approach for brands to engage with athletes and their audiences.

Innara Health

Venture Round in 2017
Innara Health, Inc. engages in developing neonatal care technologies for preterm and full term infants and children with development needs. The company offers NTrainer System that promotes early development of non-nutritive sucking skills in newborns and infants born prematurely; and helps caregivers in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to understand how to treat infants. It serves infants, children, and their families; and hospitals and neonatal intensive care units, and clinicians. The company was formerly known as KCBioMedix, Inc. and changed its name to Innara Health, Inc. in February 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

CureMatch

Venture Round in 2017
CureMatch, Inc., based in San Diego, California, is a digital health company that specializes in personalized cancer medicine through its innovative computational platform. The company has developed a decision support system that assists oncologists in selecting optimal drug combinations tailored to the individual molecular profiles of cancer patients. By analyzing genetic information and comparing it with a comprehensive database of clinical trials, published research, and patient data, CureMatch aims to enhance treatment outcomes and save lives. Established in 2015, CureMatch empowers oncologists by equipping them with actionable insights, facilitating a more precise approach to cancer therapy.

Shotfarm

Venture Round in 2017
Shotfarm operates a cloud-based Product Content Network that provides an end-to-end solution for managing and exchanging product information, catering to the needs of the e-commerce industry. Its platform centralizes services, allowing retailers to easily search for and download product images from a single location while facilitating the distribution of product information to multiple retail partners. By offering a combination of free core functionality and affordable upgrade options, Shotfarm ensures its system is both user-friendly and scalable for thousands of retailers and manufacturers. The company's approach simplifies the complexities of product information management in a rapidly evolving digital marketplace.

Kypha

Venture Round in 2017
Kypha Inc. is an early-stage life sciences company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests targeting inflammation and autoimmune disorders. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Kypha's flagship product, the COMP ACT System, is designed to enhance the monitoring and treatment of various health conditions, including lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. The system offers a rapid and accurate assessment of inflammation levels in the body, facilitating timely clinical interventions by healthcare professionals. Established in 2009, Kypha has successfully raised over $3 million in private capital and leveraged federal grants to advance its diagnostic offerings towards FDA clearance and commercial launch. The company operates with a small core team, supported by a network of scientific advisors and clinical collaborators.

Zerigo Health

Venture Round in 2017
Zerigo Health, formerly known as Clarify Medical, Inc., specializes in home therapy solutions for chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, and vitiligo. The company offers innovative products like the Clarify mobile ultra violet B treatment system and the Home Light Therapy System, both designed to facilitate phototherapy in a home setting. Zerigo Health aims to enhance the ease and effectiveness of UVB therapy through a connected system that allows patients to manage their treatment via a smartphone app. This app enables users to control dosing, frequency, and duration of therapy, ensuring adherence to guidelines set by dermatology experts. By allowing patients to administer their treatments with clinical precision, Zerigo Health improves the overall patient experience, while also monitoring compliance and progress, ultimately empowering individuals to manage their chronic skin conditions more effectively from the comfort of their homes.

Reconstruct

Seed Round in 2017
Reconstruct, Inc. is a software company that specializes in predictive computer vision data analytics for construction projects. Founded in 2015 and based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Champaign, Illinois, the company offers a visual production management platform that integrates data from drones, fixed cameras, and mobile devices. This platform facilitates progress analysis and documentation by visualizing images and 3D points aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM). It serves as a virtual command center for project executives, enabling them to manage construction progress, identify potential delays, and enhance coordination among various stakeholders, including general contractors and owners. By providing near real-time insights and reporting on performance issues, Reconstruct helps project teams improve planning, communication, and transparency, ultimately aiming to enhance return on investment and reduce costs in construction projects.

Agrible

Series B in 2017
Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

CureMatch

Series A in 2017
CureMatch, Inc., based in San Diego, California, is a digital health company that specializes in personalized cancer medicine through its innovative computational platform. The company has developed a decision support system that assists oncologists in selecting optimal drug combinations tailored to the individual molecular profiles of cancer patients. By analyzing genetic information and comparing it with a comprehensive database of clinical trials, published research, and patient data, CureMatch aims to enhance treatment outcomes and save lives. Established in 2015, CureMatch empowers oncologists by equipping them with actionable insights, facilitating a more precise approach to cancer therapy.

Nanomed

Venture Round in 2017
Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

TrackBill

Seed Round in 2017
TrackBill provides government affairs professionals with efficient mobile access to state and federal legislative information. It serves a diverse clientele, including professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups, enabling them to monitor bills relevant to their interests and track legislative activities. Users benefit from real-time alerts on key actions such as introductions, amendments, hearings, and votes. Additionally, TrackBill simplifies legislative reporting by allowing users to generate professional documents in Word, PDF, and Excel formats, as well as customizable, auto-updating website feeds. This functionality ensures that stakeholders remain informed about important legislative developments.

Zerigo Health

Venture Round in 2017
Zerigo Health, formerly known as Clarify Medical, Inc., specializes in home therapy solutions for chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, and vitiligo. The company offers innovative products like the Clarify mobile ultra violet B treatment system and the Home Light Therapy System, both designed to facilitate phototherapy in a home setting. Zerigo Health aims to enhance the ease and effectiveness of UVB therapy through a connected system that allows patients to manage their treatment via a smartphone app. This app enables users to control dosing, frequency, and duration of therapy, ensuring adherence to guidelines set by dermatology experts. By allowing patients to administer their treatments with clinical precision, Zerigo Health improves the overall patient experience, while also monitoring compliance and progress, ultimately empowering individuals to manage their chronic skin conditions more effectively from the comfort of their homes.

Innara Health

Venture Round in 2017
Innara Health, Inc. engages in developing neonatal care technologies for preterm and full term infants and children with development needs. The company offers NTrainer System that promotes early development of non-nutritive sucking skills in newborns and infants born prematurely; and helps caregivers in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to understand how to treat infants. It serves infants, children, and their families; and hospitals and neonatal intensive care units, and clinicians. The company was formerly known as KCBioMedix, Inc. and changed its name to Innara Health, Inc. in February 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

WhiteFox

Seed Round in 2017
WhiteFox Defense Technologies, founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California, specializes in counter-drone airspace defense and security solutions. The company develops a range of products designed to manage drone threats in sensitive airspace, including the DroneFox software, which automates detection, threat identification, and mitigation of drones. Additionally, WhiteFox offers the Scorpion system for mobile units, which detects and neutralizes drone threats, and WISDM, a technology that ensures trust and authentication of drones in air traffic management systems. The company serves various sectors, including critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, public safety, and defense, providing comprehensive solutions to maintain safety in airspace while supporting responsible drone operations.

Inprentus

Series A in 2017
Inprentus, Inc. is a nanotechnology company based in Champaign, Illinois, specializing in the design and manufacture of ultra-high precision diffraction gratings. These gratings are essential components for synchrotron radiation facilities, where they are utilized in X-ray and extreme ultraviolet applications across various fields, including structural biology, environmental science, and materials research. Inprentus has developed a novel manufacturing method for mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings, which enhances resolving power and allows for blaze angles lower than 1 degree. The company's products support a range of applications, from chemical analysis and imaging to semiconductor manufacturing and optical data communication. Founded in 2012, Inprentus aims to advance capabilities in precision optics technologies for research institutions and industrial sectors.

Serionix

Venture Round in 2017
Serionix, Inc. specializes in the development of advanced purification solutions for air and water using innovative materials such as fibrous activated carbon and ion-exchange substances. The company designs and produces filters intended for air purifiers and heating systems, effectively removing toxic chemicals and odors while also eliminating viruses, bacteria, and mold. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, Serionix focuses on research and development to enhance the performance of its purification technologies.

Asto CT

Venture Round in 2017
Asto CT LLC specializes in developing X-ray computed tomography (CT) systems specifically for equine imaging, aimed at enhancing the care and safety of thoroughbreds, show, recreational, and older horses. Founded in 2015 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, the company offers advanced imaging solutions that improve fracture risk detection, diagnose lameness, and address dental and sinus issues without the need for general anesthesia. Their flagship product, Equina, provides rapid 3D imaging of horses' lower limbs, head, and neck while ensuring a safe and comfortable environment for the animals. By integrating cutting-edge robotics with advanced multi-slice CT technology, Asto CT enhances veterinary diagnostics and treatment, particularly for conditions affecting the distal limb and diseases of the head and neck.

ConsortiEX

Venture Round in 2017
ConsortiEX Inc. is a health care technology company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, established in 2013. It specializes in providing information technology systems and services tailored for pharmacies, specifically to assist hospitals in managing the ordering, distribution, and tracking of pharmaceuticals. The company's flagship product, Assure-Trak, is an enterprise resource planning system that facilitates the collection, integration, management, and sharing of pharmacy information, particularly for the compounding of sterile products. In addition to this, ConsortiEX offers a range of services, including pedigree management, IV workflow management, inventory and logistics management, and quality management reporting. The company also provides compliance solutions for the Drug Supply Chain Security Act and e-commerce order management services, supporting the needs of member institutions and their affiliates in the health care sector.

Opendorse

Venture Round in 2017
Opendorse is a company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline the endorsement process for athletes and brands. Founded in 2012 by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun, and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Opendorse's platform enables athletes to receive and share curated content, such as videos, photos, and GIFs, across their social media channels. The service is aimed at enhancing athlete marketing by connecting athletes with brands and fans, allowing for effective social media campaigns. By analyzing campaign goals and target markets, Opendorse facilitates the endorsement process, providing a streamlined approach for brands to engage with athletes and their audiences.

Ringr

Venture Round in 2017
RiNGR, Inc. is the developer of the RINGR mobile application, which facilitates high-quality audio conversations between users regardless of their geographical locations. The app allows users to connect instantly through their smartphones or tablets, enabling them to record conversations with remarkable clarity, making it feel as though both parties are in the same room. Users can easily download these recordings for editing, playback, or storage, and share them across various platforms such as blogs, podcasts, and social media. The technology behind RINGR is designed to eliminate sound issues during long-distance interactions, making it an effective tool for interviews and conversations. Based in Champaign, Illinois, RiNGR, Inc. aims to enhance the way people communicate across distances.

Earshot

Venture Round in 2017
Earshot is a precision-based real-time marketing platform that helps brands discover and acquire new customers through social media. Earshot's patent pending Decibel Level is a real-time relevancy score that is unique to every brand or campaign. Decibel Level is customizable on the fly so customers can weight variables like location, bio, post content, even logo detection to find the social media posts that are most important in real time.

Nanomed

Venture Round in 2017
Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

FarmLead

Series A in 2017
FarmLead Resources Ltd. is a digital marketplace designed to enhance the buying and selling of grain, connecting farmers with verified buyers across North America. Founded in 2013 and based in Ottawa, Canada, the company operates in key agricultural regions including Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Through its online platform and mobile application, FarmLead offers various services such as market research, grain testing, and price visibility, which help reduce brokerage fees and risks for farmers. The marketplace promotes efficiency, transparency, and equality within the grain industry, enabling farmers to negotiate better deals while allowing buyers to conveniently find the grain they need in their preferred locations.

OPER

Venture Round in 2017
OPER (ORDER. PAY. EARN. REDEEM.) is a central rewards app for restaurant diners. Our mobile food ordering, payment and rewards platform offers users 5% back on every food purchase while remaining free for both consumers and restaurants to participate.Anyone can download OPER's app for iPhone or Android, easily set up an account, add money to it, and place orders for delivery or pick-up. They can then pay using OPER's mobile app when dining in or carrying out and will be rewarded with 5% back on all restaurant purchases. The 5% reward can later be redeemed at any participating restaurant.

PayStand

Venture Round in 2017
PayStand, Inc. is a technology company based in Scotts Valley, California, founded in 2013. It operates an electronic payment portal that facilitates online payments for businesses, allowing them to establish storefronts on their websites and social media platforms. The company focuses on transforming B2B payments through its innovative "Payments as a Service" model, leveraging modern internet, blockchain, and SaaS technologies. This approach aims to eliminate transaction fees and automate payment processes, significantly reducing time-to-cash and lowering costs. PayStand's platform enables enterprises, including manufacturers, distributors, and service providers, to integrate digital payments into their existing systems, such as websites, invoices, and mobile applications, thereby improving operational efficiency and enhancing revenue opportunities.

Shotfarm

Venture Round in 2017
Shotfarm operates a cloud-based Product Content Network that provides an end-to-end solution for managing and exchanging product information, catering to the needs of the e-commerce industry. Its platform centralizes services, allowing retailers to easily search for and download product images from a single location while facilitating the distribution of product information to multiple retail partners. By offering a combination of free core functionality and affordable upgrade options, Shotfarm ensures its system is both user-friendly and scalable for thousands of retailers and manufacturers. The company's approach simplifies the complexities of product information management in a rapidly evolving digital marketplace.

Adarza BioSystems

Series C in 2017
Adarza BioSystems is an early-stage medical diagnostics company developing a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care (POC) samples. In addition to performing sophisticated clinical tests within minutes, this technology potentially allowing hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in St Louis, Missouri.

Kypha

Venture Round in 2017
Kypha Inc. is an early-stage life sciences company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests targeting inflammation and autoimmune disorders. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Kypha's flagship product, the COMP ACT System, is designed to enhance the monitoring and treatment of various health conditions, including lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. The system offers a rapid and accurate assessment of inflammation levels in the body, facilitating timely clinical interventions by healthcare professionals. Established in 2009, Kypha has successfully raised over $3 million in private capital and leveraged federal grants to advance its diagnostic offerings towards FDA clearance and commercial launch. The company operates with a small core team, supported by a network of scientific advisors and clinical collaborators.

Home Bay

Seed Round in 2017
HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.
Medical Engineering Innovations (MEI) is focused on bringing new technologies to market that combat liver cancer with more effective tools for liver surgery and localized cancer treatment by heat (tumor ablation). Their technologies combine a unique algorithm to control the application of radiofrequency energy to tissue, with enhanced blade electrode geometries to optimize tissue heating.

Earshot

Venture Round in 2016
Earshot is a precision-based real-time marketing platform that helps brands discover and acquire new customers through social media. Earshot's patent pending Decibel Level is a real-time relevancy score that is unique to every brand or campaign. Decibel Level is customizable on the fly so customers can weight variables like location, bio, post content, even logo detection to find the social media posts that are most important in real time.

Nanomed

Venture Round in 2016
Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

Zerigo Health

Venture Round in 2016
Zerigo Health, formerly known as Clarify Medical, Inc., specializes in home therapy solutions for chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, and vitiligo. The company offers innovative products like the Clarify mobile ultra violet B treatment system and the Home Light Therapy System, both designed to facilitate phototherapy in a home setting. Zerigo Health aims to enhance the ease and effectiveness of UVB therapy through a connected system that allows patients to manage their treatment via a smartphone app. This app enables users to control dosing, frequency, and duration of therapy, ensuring adherence to guidelines set by dermatology experts. By allowing patients to administer their treatments with clinical precision, Zerigo Health improves the overall patient experience, while also monitoring compliance and progress, ultimately empowering individuals to manage their chronic skin conditions more effectively from the comfort of their homes.

HercuTech

Venture Round in 2016
HercuTech Inc. was founded in 2008 by Michael Niemann, the visionary behind the Company and its products. HercuTech was established to develop and market HercuWall®, the Company’s premier product. The Company invested several years of testing, development and constructing beta projects ensuring that HercuWall® exceeds the expectations of architects, engineers, builders and installers as HercuWall® is rolled into the mainstream. Building safety was paramount followed by ease of implementation, sustainability, and cost competitiveness. As HercuWall® evolved from its original configuration to its current form, third party engineers were continually involved. Extensive testing has been completed on the system and third party certifications have been earned. HercuWall® is a registered trademark of HercuTech Inc. Two prior U.S. patents have been issued and there is a U.S. patent pending and patents pending internationally in more than one hundred countries. Management continues to improve the HercuWall® system and other complimentary products will be added to the offering as they become available.

Inprentus

Venture Round in 2016
Inprentus, Inc. is a nanotechnology company based in Champaign, Illinois, specializing in the design and manufacture of ultra-high precision diffraction gratings. These gratings are essential components for synchrotron radiation facilities, where they are utilized in X-ray and extreme ultraviolet applications across various fields, including structural biology, environmental science, and materials research. Inprentus has developed a novel manufacturing method for mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings, which enhances resolving power and allows for blaze angles lower than 1 degree. The company's products support a range of applications, from chemical analysis and imaging to semiconductor manufacturing and optical data communication. Founded in 2012, Inprentus aims to advance capabilities in precision optics technologies for research institutions and industrial sectors.

Label Insight

Venture Round in 2016
Label Insight collects, aggregates and analyzes CPG label data to allow the government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers a comprehensive view of food labels. This includes allergens, additives, ingredient, and claims analysis.

OceanComm

Venture Round in 2016
OceanComm, Inc. develops a wireless underwater modem which enables wireless video streaming underwater and wireless remote control of underwater vehicles. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Reconstruct

Seed Round in 2016
Reconstruct, Inc. is a software company that specializes in predictive computer vision data analytics for construction projects. Founded in 2015 and based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Champaign, Illinois, the company offers a visual production management platform that integrates data from drones, fixed cameras, and mobile devices. This platform facilitates progress analysis and documentation by visualizing images and 3D points aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM). It serves as a virtual command center for project executives, enabling them to manage construction progress, identify potential delays, and enhance coordination among various stakeholders, including general contractors and owners. By providing near real-time insights and reporting on performance issues, Reconstruct helps project teams improve planning, communication, and transparency, ultimately aiming to enhance return on investment and reduce costs in construction projects.

Oso Technologies

Venture Round in 2016
Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

Agrible

Venture Round in 2016
Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Inprentus

Venture Round in 2016
Inprentus, Inc. is a nanotechnology company based in Champaign, Illinois, specializing in the design and manufacture of ultra-high precision diffraction gratings. These gratings are essential components for synchrotron radiation facilities, where they are utilized in X-ray and extreme ultraviolet applications across various fields, including structural biology, environmental science, and materials research. Inprentus has developed a novel manufacturing method for mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings, which enhances resolving power and allows for blaze angles lower than 1 degree. The company's products support a range of applications, from chemical analysis and imaging to semiconductor manufacturing and optical data communication. Founded in 2012, Inprentus aims to advance capabilities in precision optics technologies for research institutions and industrial sectors.

OPER

Seed Round in 2016
OPER (ORDER. PAY. EARN. REDEEM.) is a central rewards app for restaurant diners. Our mobile food ordering, payment and rewards platform offers users 5% back on every food purchase while remaining free for both consumers and restaurants to participate.Anyone can download OPER's app for iPhone or Android, easily set up an account, add money to it, and place orders for delivery or pick-up. They can then pay using OPER's mobile app when dining in or carrying out and will be rewarded with 5% back on all restaurant purchases. The 5% reward can later be redeemed at any participating restaurant.

Home Bay

Venture Round in 2016
HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.

Serionix

Seed Round in 2016
Serionix, Inc. specializes in the development of advanced purification solutions for air and water using innovative materials such as fibrous activated carbon and ion-exchange substances. The company designs and produces filters intended for air purifiers and heating systems, effectively removing toxic chemicals and odors while also eliminating viruses, bacteria, and mold. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, Serionix focuses on research and development to enhance the performance of its purification technologies.

Serionix

Venture Round in 2016
Serionix, Inc. specializes in the development of advanced purification solutions for air and water using innovative materials such as fibrous activated carbon and ion-exchange substances. The company designs and produces filters intended for air purifiers and heating systems, effectively removing toxic chemicals and odors while also eliminating viruses, bacteria, and mold. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, Serionix focuses on research and development to enhance the performance of its purification technologies.
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